ἄτρακτος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[ὁ]]. and in Plu.2.271f, ἡ:—<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[spindle]], ἄτρακτον στρέφειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.34</span>,<span class="bibl">162</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>281e</span>, etc.; λίνου μεστὸν ἄ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1348</span> (lyr.); Ἀνάγκης ἄ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>616c</span>; τῶν Μοιρῶν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mu.</span>401b15</span>, cf.<span class="title">IG</span> 12(7).447 (Amorgos). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[arrow]], ἄ. τοξικός <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>139</span>; [[ἄ]]. alone, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>290</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>714</span>. In this sense specially Lacon., <span class="bibl">Th.4.40</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">upper part of a ship's mast</b>, <span class="bibl">Poll.1.91</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[spindle-shaped cautery]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Int.</span>28</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Vid.Ac.</span>4</span>. (Cf. [[ἀτρεκής]], Lat. [[torqueo]].) </span>